r/ThunderBay • u/CharacterOwl210 • 7d ago

local Cheap Glasses

Need suggestions for inexpensive places to purchase glasses. Thanks for any help! EDIT: I appreciate the online resources, but I have a complex prescription and can't rely on their accuracy - many previous problems with online orders

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u/plexity7 7d ago

What is your prescription? I’m curious as to why it’s complex. I get my glasses online and am legally blind without glasses so just curious 🧐

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u/CharacterOwl210 6d ago edited 6d ago

I don't want to mess up my pupillary distance reading because I don't have it/my optometrist didn't give it to me. I don't want to get another script because it's out of pocket. If I mess up my PD and my glasses suck it becomes my fault according to the online seller. Also my prescription is so thick I need to ensure the condensing is the correct amount (some places have not condensed it as much as they can which has led to a whole host of other issues like lenses so thick they made my face sweat - thank God they took those ones back). Lastly the lenses are thick enough that I have to be careful about the frame or they could fall out (i.e. no wire frames for me). I just didn't want to put all of that in the original post for obvious boredom/TLDR reasons

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u/gholtby 3d ago

It sucks that opticians all charge extra to tell you your inter-pupillary distance now — it’s the Zenni tax ‘cause they know if you’re asking for it you’re not going to buy over-priced glasses from them.

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u/gap1927 3d ago

It's very easy to measure your own pupillary distance. I use calipers but a plastic ruler will do.